Morning December 23, 2009 We have only 2 things to worry about: That things will never get back to normal and that they already have. |
Silicon based industrial chemical is now found in Pizza Hut cheese .. a chemical sold by Dow-Corning - approved by FDA as anti-foaming agent for boiling water - not for food. (You can use your pizza cheese also for the treatment of head lice.) This chemical used by Leprino Foods out of Denver Colorado has NO FDA approval as a food ingredient. Maybe we can start using that silicon you buy in tubes to put around bathtubs - for our homemade pizzas? News links are further down in my News Update.
What the heck ... am beginning to believe that Americans consume no real food only made-made chemicals ... and then there is the whole issue of what multinational corporations are doing to seeds - seeds a 'resource' needing to be overseen by the upcoming global government of the elitists' dreams via the UN, World Bank, etc.
Will start this morning with thoughts of the military and their man-made lightening ... another what the heck.
Military Science: Hack stormy skies to lord over lightning (are they nuts?)
The military’s scientific fringe has toyed with weather manipulation and geo-engineering for years. Recently, ideas like adding iron to the ocean, or covering the Arctic with dust, have been floated in a bid stave off global warming. But the Pentagon’s also got a long track record of plotting to screw with enemy climates and improve their own operational abilities.
Now, Darpa’s got a new target for geo-hacking science, and if they can make it work, we might see modern firearms making way for weapons of the mythological variety. The out-there research agency is soliciting proposals that would harness control over “the natural mechanism of lightning initiation” by coming up with a way to launch manmade lightning bolts, and prevent or redirect natural lightning strikes — and their accompanying destruction.
“Lightning causes more than $1B/year in direct damages to property in addition to the loss of lives, disruption of activities (for example, postponement of satellite launches) and their corresponding costs,” the solicitation notes. Until now, no one’s been too clear on how lightning is formed or how it travels, and the fact that most of the activity is going on inside thunderclouds doesn’t help. That’s why Darpa wants “rocket-triggered lightning” that can be shot off from the ground and then studied as it moves and touches down.
Once the natural mechanism of lightning formation and travel is understood, the agency wants a plan to predict lightning strikes — and then either stop the storms, or reroute them to a better strategic location.
And Americans everywhere should brace themselves for stormy skies, because Darpa wants the storm-brewing techniques to be tested nationwide:
The United States is home to thunderstorms of various type, duration, scale and intensity. This program would like to capitalize on the unique geographic features of various locations across the CONUS [Continental United States] that offer an increased likelihood of intercepting thunderstorms that exhibit unique characteristics.
[Photo: Lawrence Livermore National Lab]
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Josh Groban singing "O Holy Night" -- Start your day off right...absolutely beautiful!!!
The Twelve Gifts of Christmas -- A classic funny song by Allen Sherman.
Prescription narcotics cause more deaths that heroin & cocaine -- On the heels of the sudden death of celebrity actress Brittany Murphy, people are once again raising the question of just how dangerous prescription drugs might really be.
Could this forbidden medicine (homeopathy) eliminate the need for drugs -- "Perhaps the most derided of alternative medicines is my own favorite – homeopathy. Over the past few years, detractors have focused their efforts in the United Kingdom and have succeeded in crippling homeopathic hospitals and clinics funded by the National Health Service, as well as the practices of many homeopaths."
Misdiagnosis of HIV ruins couple's marriage -- A city hospital nearly destroyed a New Jersey woman's life and wrecked her marriage after misdiagnosing her with terminal HIV, hepatitis and herpes, according to a bombshell lawsuit.
"Hell on Earth" released Somalian speaks of Guantanamo -- AFP secured an interview on Monday with Mohamed Saleban Bare (known to the Pentagon as Mohammed Sulaymon Barre), the Somali refugee, released from Guantánamo at the weekend with eleven other men (including another Somali, Ismail Mahmoud Muhammad), who ran a money transfer operation for the Somali diaspora in Karachi, Pakistan, until he was seized in a house raid on November 1, 2001. He declared, "Guantánamo Bay is like hell on Earth."
Ron Paul goes from ridicule to respect -- Ron Paul has refused to go out to the political pasture to live in comfortable irrelevance. As odd as it may seem, he has become one of the most influential Republicans in a capital city dominated by liberal Democrats.
Dept. of Veteran's Affairs reports 73,000 Gulf War deaths -- More Gulf War Veterans have died than Vietnam Veterans.
Credit Card Debt up to 15 Percent of Annual Household Income -- Average Credit Card Debt in 1980 was $670 and Today it is up to $7,800. The Slimy World of Credit Card Lending.
Over the Arctic, auroras collide -- Two curtains of light known as the aurora borealis have been caught in a collision by NASA cameras deployed around the Arctic, creating a spectacular explosion of light.
Unemployment funds going absolutely broke -- The recession's jobless toll is draining unemployment-compensation funds so fast that according to federal projections, 40 state programs will go broke within two years and need $90 billion in loans to keep issuing the benefit checks.
Banks with political ties got bailouts, study shows -- U.S. banks that spent more money on lobbying were more likely to get government bailout money, according to a study released on Monday.
At Dragon Boat Race in Chicago, RFID captures festival goers -- This year's Chinese Dragon Boat Race, held on July 25, marked the first time the organizers employed radio frequency identification to track the movement of people throughout the 12-acre city park, in order to measure where individuals of various demographics spent their time.
Paxar showcases RFID Smart Mirror for retailers -- Equipped with an RFID reader behind it and out of sight, the mirror displays rich, user-centric information when a tagged piece of apparel is brought within range. That information might include brand messaging from the apparel maker, a description of the item, size and color availability of the item within the store, and even suggestions on what other apparel items would complement the current item.
Silicone Based Chemical in Pizza Huts Cheese is Polymethylsiloxane -- Pizza Hut cheese is not just cheese, its silicone! In this issue, writer John Bunting details how Pizza Huts cheese supplier Leprino Foods uses a silicone-based industrial chemical in the patented manufacturing of Pizza Cheese. That chemical Polymethylsiloxane has no FDA approval for use as a food ingredient. Polymethylsiloxane is sold by Dow-Corning as Antifoam FG 10 .
Do Agribusiness giants fear organic agriculture? -- Michael Mack, the chief executive of Syngenta, said organic farming takes up 30 percent more land than non-organic farming for the same yield. Syngenta is a Swiss agribusiness company that makes pesticides and seeds. “If the whole planet were to suddenly switch to organic farming tomorrow, it would be an ecological disaster.”
More herbicide use reported on genetically modified crops -- A report has found that farmers are using more herbicides on genetically engineered soybeans, corn, and cotton because of resistant weeds.
Military Science: Hack stormy skies to lord over lightning (are they nuts?) -- Darpa’s got a new target for geo-hacking science, and if they can make it work, we might see modern firearms making way for weapons of the mythological variety. The out-there research agency is soliciting proposals that would harness control over the natural mechanism of lightning initiation by coming up with a way to launch manmade lightning bolts, and prevent or redirect natural lightning strikes — and their accompanying destruction.
What is the US Constitution -- The time has come in America when to restore constitutional law and freedom in the STATES, the people of the states must begin looking internally to their own powers, sovereignty, self-defense, self-preservation, self-reliance and constitutions.
US Supreme Court rules on police entry -- U.S. Supreme Court Police did not violate a man's Fourth Amendment rights by entering his house under the emergency aid exception, even after he told them to get a search warrant, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Dec. 7. Read More...
Nathan Myhrvold's anti-global warming scheme -- Nathan Myhrvold also thinks that he has found a cheap and reliable way to solve global warming, which does not involve upending and perhaps destroying the world's economy. The global warming solution proposed by Nathan Myhvold involves Nathan Myhrvold's Anti Global Warming Scheme running a hose up to the stratosphere with balloons and using that hose to pump out enough sulfur particles to dim the sun's heat just enough to counteract the effects of global warming.
Report: ICE using unlisted detention centers for immigrant prisoners -- (& who else?) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is holding an untold number of people in secretively maintained detention facilities all over the United States, according to a report set to be published next year in The Nation. Many of the sites are unmarked and unlisted, going unnoticed in office parks and commercial zones.
President Obama's secret: Only 100 Al Qaeda in Afghanistan -- With 100,000 troops in Afghanistan at an estimated yearly cost of $30 billion, it means that for every one al Qaeda fighter, the U.S. will commit 1,000 troops and $300 million a year.
Iran sanctions are precursor to war by Ron Paul -- Last week the House overwhelmingly approved a measure to put a new round of sanctions on Iran. If this measure passes the Senate, the United States could no longer do business with anyone who sold refined petroleum products to Iran or helped them develop their ability to refine their own petroleum. The sad thing is that many of my colleagues voted for this measure because they felt it would deflect a military engagement with Iran. I would put the question to them, how would Congress react if another government threatened our critical trading partners in this way? Would we not view it as asking for war?
Connecticut: Unemployment calls overwhelm server -- Unemployment claims have been flooding into the state Department of Labor, dragging the filing system to a crawl. “Due to the high volume of claim filing, you may experience some difficulty filing your claim via the Web or by telephone. We apologize for any inconvenience,” the Web site says.
Officer fired over assault on store employee who asked for proof of age -- A Ridley Township (Delaware County), Pa. police officer is out of a job -- and facing criminal charges -- after an alleged assault on a convenience store employee last week. Police officer Brian Decker, 33, was off duty when, according to court papers, he hit a Wawa manager who asked for proof of age when he bought some chewing tobacco.
Humor: Politically correct holiday greeting
Farming town demands answers on birth defects -- Owners of the waste facility in KETTLEMAN CITY, Calif have offered to fund a health study, but they say there's no evidence linking the dump to the birth defects.
Deep in health care bill very specific beneficiaries -- Buried in the deal-clinching health care package that Senate Democrats unveiled over the weekend is an inconspicuous proposal expanding Medicare to cover certain victims of “environmental health hazards.”
And now for a short break from the serious news: A Spoof medical research website -- The Bonkers Institute for Nearly Genuine Research-Advancing in the direction of bona fide medical science since last Tuesday.
This bogus war on terror continues even now under the new Obama administration and Kevin Barrett will be on to tell us how the Muslim population feel about this - what their take on the situation is.
Website: http://www.truthjihad.com
Stephen Rogers of ShenTrition will be on today to discuss how to make our immune systems better so that we are healthier. What a better time then now to get healthy with the threat of pandemics coming upon us, we need all the help we can get!
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Trillions Of Troubles Ahead - A crushing burden of debt threatens to sap America's growth for years to come
Not too long ago, a billion dollars in a governmental budget was a lot of money. Then we got into hundreds of billions. People understood that this was a lot, just because of all the zeros. Now, unfortunately, the number has become small: the world "trillion," as in $1.2 trillion for health care reform, seems so tiny. But it has 12 zeroes behind it, which is so easy to forget.
Small-business bankruptcies rise 81% in California...
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Across the semi-arid region that is home to more than 20 million people, restrictions on water use in homes and businesses imposed this year have produced a ...
By Bob Unruh
A legal firebrand whose work fighting corruption left both Bill Clinton and Dick Cheney on the defensive today took on Barack Obama, suing the president for secret meetings with Planned Parenthood and other lobbyists on his plans to nationalize health care.
Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch and, more recently, Freedom Watch USA, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The law requires disclosure of records of meetings between the executive branch and outside industry lobbyists. It also requires access to meetings.
Klayman raised the same issues during the early years of the Clinton administration, contributing to the demise of the health care proposal championed by Hillary Clinton.
The lawsuit charges that in Obama's "haste to socialize medicine in the United States, and increase government control generally," he has "violated his commitment to transparency." READ MORE ...
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=119735
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What is "Oz" a symbol for? Ounces.
What is measured in ounces? Gold.
What is the yellow brick road? Bricks or ingot bars of gold.
The character known as the Straw Man represents that fictitious, ALL CAPS, legal fiction - a PERSON, the Federal U.S. Government created with the same spelling as your birth name.
Remember what the Straw Man wanted from the Wizard of Oz? A Brain! No juristic person - legal fiction - paper corporation has a brain because he/she has no breath of life.
What did he get in place of a brain? A certificate: a Birth Certificate for a new legal creation.
He was proud of his new legal status, plus all the other legalisms he was granted. Now he becomes the epitome of the brainless sack of straw who was given a certificate in place of a grain of common sense.
He's the heartless and emotionless creature robotically carrying out his daily task as though he were already dead. He's the ox pulling the plow and the mule toiling under the yoke. These days, his task masters just oil him nightly with beer and place him in front of a hypnotic television until his very existence no longer has any meaning or value. His masters keep him cold on the outside and heartless on the inside in order to control any emotion or feeling that might arise.
The Cowardly Lion was always too frightened to stand up for himself. Of course, he was a bully and a big mouth when it came to picking on those smaller than he. (Have you ever noticed how bullies are really the biggest cowards? They act as though they have great courage, but, in reality, have none at all. They roar, but with no teeth of authority to back them up.) When push came to shove, the Cowardly Lion always buckled under and whimpered when anyone of any size or stature challenged him. The Cowardly Lion wanted courage from the Grand Wizard, so he was awarded a medal of "official" recognition. Now, although remaining a coward, his official status allowed him to be a bully, but with officially recognized authority. (He's not unlike the Attorneys who hide behind the Middle Courts of the Temple Bar.) et al ad infinitum.
What about the trip through the field of poppies? Did you notice how this had no narcotic effect on the Straw Man (no brain) or the Tin Man (no heart or soul)? They weren't real people, so drugs could not influence them.
The Wizard of Oz was written at the turn of the century, so how could the author have known America was going to be drugged?
The Crown has been playing the drug cartel game for centuries.
Just look up the history of Hong Kong and the Opium Wars.
The Crown already had valuable experience conquering all of China with drugs, so why not the rest of the world?
What was the Emerald City? The Federal Reserve System.
Who finally exposed the Wizard for what he really was?
Toto, the ugly (or cute, depending on your perspective) and somewhat annoying little dog. Toto means "in total, all together; Latin in toto."
What was it that the witch wanted after she alleged that the little dog had bitten her? TOTO. ... everything. Notice how Toto was not scared of the Great Wizard's theatrics, yet he was so small in size, compared to the Wizard, that no one seemed to notice him?
The smoke, flames and holographic images of Oz were designed to frighten people into doing as the Great Wizard commanded.
Toto simply padded over, looked behind the curtain (the COURT, etc.), saw it was a scam, started barking until others paid attention to him and came to see what all the barking was about. Who was behind the curtain?
Just an ORDINARY PERSON controlling the levers that created the illusion of the Great Wizard's power and authority.
When Toto pulled back the curtain and completely exposed him, the charade was at an end. (The veil hiding the corporate legal fiction and its false courts was removed.)
The Wizard's game was UP. What was he after all? ... a con-man. A FRAUD.
We can see, in this tale, just how loud the bark from a little dog can be.
How about YOUR bark? How big is it?
Most of us remain silent and wait to be given whatever food and recognition, if any, by our legal master.
Let us not forget those pesky flying monkeys. What perfect mythical creatures to represent the Bar Association Attorneys who attack and control the little people for the Great Crown Wizard, the powerful and grand Bankers of Oz: GOLD!
How, finally, was the evil witch destroyed? .... pure, clean water LIQUIDATION!
How, at last, did Dorothy get home? She simply clicked her heels. She always had the power, and SO DO WE!
What would it take to expose the Wizard for what he is, tearing away his veils?
We each need only a brain, a heart and soul --- and COURAGE.
Then, and perhaps of the greatest importance, we need to learn HOW to WORK TOGETHER.
Only "in TOTO," WORKING TOGETHER as ONE Body of the King of Kings, (whatever name or form that may take for each of us), can we have the freedom given under God's Law.
recall anything to mind? The poor TIN Man just stood there mindlessly doing his work until his body literally froze up and stopped functioning. He worked himself to death because he had no heart nor soul.
This appears to be a message to expose the banking cartel in America, and to let the people know that they have the power to 'liquidate' them and get back to Kansas - the real land/republic (Hab 2.6-8).
Here are some of the important points made in this movie in an article by an unknown author:
The saints need to come out of the accounting/charging system of commerce, and into the forgiving/serving system of cooperation and love. The saints now can and MUST return to the "Garden" (Isa 51.3; 52.8-12)!
http://www.thepowerhour.com/news4/wizard_of_oz_what_it_means.htm
Two Years Of Failure In Directing The Economy
Bob Chapman | As we look back and this year comes to an end we find two plus years of failure.
Unemployment funds going ‘absolutely broke’
MSNBC | The shortfalls are putting pressure on governments to either raise taxes or shrink the aid payments.
Nelson Hultberg | The Federal Reserve, in my opinion, should not be classified as a private corporation. It should be termed a government-run fascist cartel.
Goldman’s Attempt To Ambush Dollar Aborted, Tactical Shorts Closed As Stop Losses Hit
Zero Hedge | A note to traders indicates that while Goldman has not lost the war of intergalactic domination, it too, can lose the occasional battles.
EU/IMF Revolt: Greece, Iceland, Latvia May Lead the Way
Ellen Brown | Europe’s small, debt-strapped countries could follow the lead of Argentina and simply walk away from their debts.
Obama Extends Diplomatic Immunity to Interpol by Executive Order
The New Media Journal | The amendment is an Executive Order and not need to be put to the senatorial test of “advise and consent.”
Chavez accuses U.S. of sending spy plane into Venezuela’s airspace
Xinhua | Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said Sunday a U.S. unmanned spy plane violated Venezuela’s airspace and he had ordered the military to shoot down similar aircraft in the future.
Troops Face Prison If They Get Pregnant
Mail Online | The rule applies to married couples at war together, who are expected to make sure their love lives do not interfere with duty.
‘New World Order’ doc raises more questions than it answers
McClatchy Newspapers | Luke Meyer and Andrew Neel’s “New World Order” attempts to explain the conspiracy theorists who see a dark cabal of international heavy hitters behind – well, behind everything.
What Is The U.S. Constitution?
Timothy Baldwin | The sovereigns of the states must recognize that the U.S. Constitution is not the answer to our political and societal plight.
Health Care Nullification: Things have just gotten underway
Michael Boldin | Nullification — state-level resistance to unconstitutional federal laws — is the way forward.
Own an Unregistered Firearm? You Must Be a Terrorist
Infowars | If you believe in the Second Amendment and the right to own and possess firearms, you are with al-Qaeda.
VacciNation: Duped by Medical Quackery
Anthony Gucciardi | Just because the mainstream media pushes it as a medical miracle does not make it so.
Kids Offered Pizza For Taking Swine Flu Shot
ABC 7 | The Detroit Health Department is fighting swine flu with pepperoni. When kids return to school after the holiday break, each class has the opportunity to get a free pizza party – if they sign up for the shots.
Sanofi-Pasteur Removes Thimerosal Free Vaccine from Market
Brandon Turbeville | This recall has effectively removed all preservative-free vaccines off the market for children under two.
U.S. Anxiety due to Mexico’s Expanding Drug Violence
Mexidata | A revamping of initiatives, as is now apparent in the targeting of drug cartels and their kingpin hierarchies by law enforcement authorities, is an action that can bring about intense reactions by U.S. law enforcement personnel and their facilities.
US Court Orders Records Unsealed In Cap-And-Trade Fraud Case
Dow Jones | U.S. legislators have obtained a court order unsealing documents in a case involving a multi-million-dollar cap-and-trade fraud.
Nearly 60 percent Say President Obama’s Decisions ‘Bad for America’
CNSNews | A majority of Americans believe an increased government role in health care would lead to more government corruption.
Iraq initials deal to develop southern oil field
Business Week | An Iraqi official says Iraq has signed a deal to let a business partnership between Malaysia’s Petronas and Japan’s Japex develop a southern oil field.
Special deals, carve-outs keep health care afloat
CNN
December 22, 2009
Democrats call it compromise. Republicans call it bribery. But both sides agree that special deals are why the Senate is on track to pass a health care bill by Christmas.
It wasn’t clear whether Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had the support needed to move ahead with his chamber’s health care bill until Sen. [...]
Under ObamaCare, Prepare To Wait 18 Months To See A Doctor
Eye surgeon and senatorial candidate warns of Canadian-style rationing system
The National Post exposes broad trust issues over Wikipedia climate information
Watts Up With That? | We’ve known for some time that Wikipedia can’t be trusted to provide unbiased climate information.
December 22, 2009
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Bolivian President Morales wants to promote the experience of the Bolivian revolution in Africa raising political awareness among indigenous people
and nationalize their natural resources
"I asked a number of Bolivian trade union leaders to study English so that I can send them later to Africa to raise awareness among the population of the need to restore the political power of the people," Morales said at a meeting celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the state oil company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB).
"I want to tell the whole world and primarily the African countries that natural resources must belong to the people rather than to transnational corporations and a bunch of oligarchs, as it turns out to be, for example, in Nigeria," Morales said.
Morales is Bolivia's first fully indigenous national leader. Since he came to power, industries including oil-and-gas and transportation have been nationalized mainly to fund social programs.
He is also the leader of the Movement for Socialism (MAS), a Bolivian socialist political party, which is committed to equality, indigenous rights, agrarian land reforms and the constitutional reform with the goal to improve the well-being of the impoverished population of the country.
Among the poor, rural and indigenous population, the MAS enjoys nearly unanimous support.
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Loud boom heard in county is still a mystery
Many people across San Diego County reported hearing or feeling a large boom Monday.
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SOLAR ACTIVITY: Yesterday, Dec. 22nd at approximately 0455 UT, magnetic fields around sunspot 1036 erupted, producing a C7-class solar flare. NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft was almost directly above the sunspot at the time of the blast and recorded this extreme ultraviolet movie:
The shadowy wave racing away from the blast site is a "solar tsunami"--a swell of hot, magnetized plasma about 100,000 km high packing as much energy as a million megatons of TNT. The tsunami petered out before it went more than halfway around the sun, but another manifestation of the blast is still going. The eruption hurled a faint coronal mass ejection (CME) into space and the billion-ton cloud should cross Earth's orbit on or about Dec. 25th. A glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field could spark polar auroras for Christmas.
EARTHQUAKE NEWS
Update time = Wed Dec 23 13:00:03 UTC 2009
| MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s | LAT deg | LON deg | DEPTH km | Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAP | 2.8 | 2009/12/23 09:02:02 | 40.748 | -112.058 | 0.5 | WASATCH FRONT URBAN CORRIDOR, UTAH |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2009/12/23 05:42:02 | -6.796 | 125.687 | 521.8 | BANDA SEA |
| MAP | 3.0 | 2009/12/23 05:21:20 | 19.352 | -155.500 | 9.8 | ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII |
| MAP | 4.9 | 2009/12/23 04:55:24 | -31.167 | -177.888 | 10.0 | KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION |
| MAP | 2.7 | 2009/12/23 03:43:41 | 18.646 | -66.720 | 11.2 | PUERTO RICO REGION |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2009/12/23 01:47:15 | -1.482 | 99.371 | 22.9 | KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 5.9 | 2009/12/23 01:11:58 | -1.419 | 99.448 | 19.0 | KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2009/12/23 00:38:43 | -15.183 | -172.982 | 35.0 | SAMOA ISLANDS REGION |
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Chicago CO2 Carbon Trading Exchange "When you ask who’s the biggest winner if the bill goes through, you’ll find the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), co-founded by Hank Paulson and Al Gore. Members include Amtrak, DuPont, Ford, Oakland, Chicago, and the Iowa Farm Bureau." http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/cap-and-trade-shenanigans-with-the-chicago-climate-exchange/Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) is 10% owned by Goldman Sachs (GS) and 10% owned by Generation Investment Management (GIM), an investment firm founded & chaired by Al Gore. GIM was co-founded by the former Treasury Secretary under George W. Bush and former Goldman Sachs CEO Hank Paulson. (USA) http://www.chicagoclimatex.com/ (Europe) http://www.ecx.eu/ (China) http://www.climateexchangeplc.com/ |
Iran welcomes Japan's outlook on Afghanistan
Osama bin Laden's wife and six children 'in Iran'
Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government | 23 Dec 2009  Taliban claim control of over 80pc of Afghanistan 22 Dec 2009 Rejecting as baseless the US allegations about the presence of Afghan Taliban in the tribal areas, a militant commander said they did not need to flee to the neighbouring country when the Taliban controlled major parts of Afghanistan. Mulla Sangeen, a key commander of the Afghan Taliban, claimed there was no truth in the US charges, as the Taliban were holding 80 per cent of the territory in Afghanistan.
NATO says no deadline for Afghan troop withdrawal 22 Dec 2009 The head of NATO said on Tuesday there would be no deadline for the exit of allied troops from Afghanistan, as fears grow among Afghans that foreign forces will leave before their own troops are able to guarantee security. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was visiting Afghanistan for the first time since U.S. President Barack Obama announced plans this month to send 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to try and tame mounting violence.
Blackwater Eyes Afghan Contractor Surge 21 Dec 2009 Virginian-Pilot As the United States builds up its military presence in Afghanistan,
Lithuania 'hosted at least two secret CIA prisons' 22 Dec 2009 A Lithuanian inquiry has found that the US Central Intelligence Agency set up and used secret prisons on its soil following the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the US. Lithuania's intelligence agency assisted the CIA-run secret prisons, which were used to hold at least eight 'al-Qaeda' suspects, the parliamentary panel in charge of the probe said in a report on Tuesday. The National Security Committee report records instances in 2005 and 2006 when chartered planes were allowed to land in Lithuania, adding that all the Lithuanian officials, including President Dalia Grybauskaite, were kept in the dark about the aircraft's passengers.
Lithuanian spy agency set up secret prisons for CIA 22 Dec 2009 Lithuania's intelligence agency helped the CIA to set up secret prisons in the Baltic country, a parliamentary panel said today. However, the national security committee found no evidence that any suspects were interrogated in Lithuania. The committee said the state security department provided two facilities to the CIA: a small cell set up in 2002 that could house one suspect, and a unit set up in 2004 that was big enough to hold eight suspects. It said there was no evidence that the security agency had informed the president, the prime minister or other political leaders of its co-operation with the US.
'Some members of Congress may want to support rapid closure of Guantánamo but not to signal support for broad military detention powers.' Plan to Move Guantánamo Detainees Faces a New Delay 23 Dec 2009 Rebuffed this month by skeptical lawmakers when it sought finances to buy a prison in rural Illinois, the Obama administration is struggling to come up with the money to replace the Guantánamo Bay prison. As a result, officials now believe that they are unlikely to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer its population of terrorism suspects until 2011 at the earliest -- a far slower timeline for achieving one of President Obama’s signature national security policies than they had previously hinted.
'Some of my colleagues in the prison lost their sight, some lost their limbs and others ended up mentally disturbed.' Guantanamo 'hell on Earth', says Somali detainee --Bare said the US authorities had never told him why he was arrested. 22 Dec 2009 A Somali just home from eight years in the US jail at Guantanamo Bay told AFP the prison was "hell on Earth", and alleged torture there had scarred some of his fellow inmates. Mohamed Saleban Bare, who arrived in his hometown of Hargeisa on Saturday, said he was innocent of any charges that would have caused security forces to arrest him in Pakistan in 2001 and transfer him to the US jail via Afghanistan. "Guantanamo Bay is like hell on Earth," he said in an interview Monday with an AFP reporter who visited him at his hotel in Hargeisa, capital of the northern breakaway state of Somaliland.
Mission accomplished! Iraq initials deal on prized oil field 20 Dec 2009 Iraq has initialed a deal with a consortium led by European giant Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Malaysia's state-run Petronas to develop one of Iraq's most prized oil fields. Iraqi officials initialed the deal Sunday during a signing ceremony at Iraq's Oil Ministry in Baghdad. The contract still must be approved by Iraq's Cabinet.
Iraq initials deal for Halfaya oilfield 22 Dec 2009 Iraq's Oil Ministry initialled a deal on Tuesday with China National Petroleum Company, Total and Petronas for Halfaya, the latest deal it has inked that it hopes will turn Iraq into a major global exporter. The Halfaya oilfield, in southern Iraq, has estimated reserves of 4.1 billion barrels of oil. CNPC owns 50 percent of the venture, while France's Total and Petronas of Malaysia each hold a 25 percent stake of their venture.
4 wounded in separate bomb attacks in Iraq 22 Dec 2009 Four people were wounded, including a member of a city hall, in separate bomb attacks in Iraq on Tuesday, police said. Hameed Abdul Hadi al-Erssan, member of Fallujah city council, was wounded when a bomb stuck to his car detonated in the city of Fallujah, some 50 km west of Baghdad, a local police source said.
Four more Iraqi policemen die in upsurge of violence 22 Dec 2009 Four Iraqi policemen have died and several others have been injured in the city of Baghdad and the provinces of Kirkuk, Nineveh, and Anbar as the country experiences another upsurge in violence. A policeman was killed on Monday when he came under attack by unknown gunmen in front of a gas station in southern part of Kirkuk city. The gunmen escaped the scene in a vehicle and their whereabouts are unknown.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says secret nuclear document is a US forgery 22 Dec 2009 President Ahmadinejad has denounced as an American government forgery a secret nuclear document unearthed by The Times, as the top general in the United States warned that military force could not be ruled out against Iran’s nuclear facilities. Confronted with a copy of the Times document during an interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer, the Iranian President waved it aside, refusing to look. "No, I don’t want to see this kind of document," Mr Ahmadinejad said. "These are some fabricated papers issued by the American Government." [They usually 'yellowcake from Niger' are. --LRP]
'One of these institutes has allocated a $1.7 billion budget.' Iran identifies 80 subversive foreign institutes 23 Dec 2009 Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi says dozens of foreign organizations that attempted to create havoc in the Islamic Republic have been identified. "During the seditious efforts, various NGOs were used. To date, 80 foreign institutes, foundations, and funds that are active in this process have been identified," the Fars news agency quoted Moslehi as saying on Tuesday. He noted that the leaders of the sedition effort tried to propagate the idea that Iran's 2009 presidential election was rigged in order to encourage acts of civil disobedience.
Ahmadinejad: US bound to fail in ME 22 Dec 2009 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the US will definitely fail in the Middle East, as the regional nations will not allow it to dominate the region. Addressing people in the southern city of Shiraz on Tuesday, President Ahmadinejad said Iran strongly opposes US plans to spread its dominance in the region.
Mega barf alert! Obama taps former Bush official as cyber czar --Before he joined the Bush White House, Schmidt worked as chief security officer at Microsoft. 22 Dec 2009 Seven months after President Obama vowed to "personally select" an adviser to orchestrate the government's strategy for protecting computer systems, the White House on Tuesday tapped a former Bush administration official for the job. Howard A. Schmidt, who was a cyber-adviser in President [sic] George W. Bush's White House, will be Obama's new cybersecurity coordinator, an administration official said Monday night. A letter announcing the appointment was posted on the White House Web site early Tuesday.
| Doctor to sue CDC over child's death after H1N1 vaccination 23 Dec 2009 (Taichung, Central Taiwan) A gynecologist is planning to sue the Centers for Disease Control over the death of his seven-year-old son after receiving the A (H1N1) flu virus vaccine, reports said yesterday. The CDC denied there was a link between the two and said it would continue its present inoculation campaign. Including the boy, a total of four deaths were recorded following inoculation, including men aged 82 and 50 respectively who had difficult health histories, and a high school student, reports said.
Spray Flu Vaccine Is Recalled 23 Dec 2009 Thirteen lots of a nasal-spray vaccine for swine flu are being recalled for lack of potency, officials said. The lots, made by Medimmune, include more than 3,000 doses. There is no safety problem with the vaccine, and people who received doses from the affected lots do not need to be revaccinated, said the company and an official from the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Norman Baylor, director of the office of vaccines research and review.
More vaccine but fewer takers, H1N1 surveys indicate --About 60 percent of parents cited the vaccine's safety as their main concern. 23 Dec 2009 Pandemic influenza vaccine is getting much easier to find but more than half of American adults say they still don't want it, and one-third of parents say they don't want their children to get it either, according to two surveys. A survey done a week ago by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health found that about 44 percent of high-priority adults, and 55 percent of all adults, said they did not intend to get the vaccine. [Right, no one wants squalene-laden, mercury-filled, Polysorbate 80-laced swine flu vaccinations. We know those who are profiting from the quote, unquote pandemic are those who started it for that purpose. See: Baxter working on vaccine to stop swine flu, though admitted sending live pandemic flu viruses to subcontractor By Lori Price 26 Apr 2009 and Killer flu recreated in the lab 07 Oct 2004.]
Party Time at the FAA; Critics Question $5 Million Gathering --"It Beats Being At Work," FAA Manager Exclaims as 3,600 Meet in Atlanta; An Excuse to Throw a Christmas Party? 22 Dec 2009 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spent five million dollars this month to bring 3, 600 managers to a conference in Atlanta that FAA whistleblowers and critics say was little more than an excuse to throw a three-week-long Christmas party. "It's the wrong time to spend five million dollars on a Christmas party for anybody's employees, especially in the government," said Tom Schatz, the president of Citizens Against Government Waste, a non-profit watchdog group.
Banks with political ties got bailouts, study shows --Lobbying, political expenses coincided with bailouts 21 Dec 2009 U.S. banks that spent more money on lobbying were more likely to get government bailout money, according to a study released on Monday. Banks whose executives served on Federal Reserve boards were more likely to receive government bailout funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program, according to the study from Ran Duchin and Denis Sosyura, professors at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.
Taxpayers Help Goldman Reach Height of Profit in New Skyscraper --The Fed's bailout of AIG, and its decision to pay the insurer's counterparties in full, funneled an additional $12.9 billion to Goldman Suchs. 21 Dec 2009 In the first six months of 2010, about 6,000 employees of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will take a break from their spreadsheets and move across the southern tip of Manhattan to a new 43-story, steel-and-glass skyscraper. The building was a bargain -- and not just because the final cost is expected to be $200 million less than the $2.3 billion price the company had estimated when construction began in November 2005. Goldman Sachs also benefited from the government’s determination to avoid losing jobs in lower Manhattan after the [Bush-Cheney] Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Goldman May Move 20% of UK Staff to Spain --Goldman Suchs warns UK Treasury it may transfer 20% of its 5,000 London staff to Spain in protest over UK tax and bonuses 22 Dec 2009 Goldman Sachs (GS) has threatened the UK Treasury with plans to move up to 20 per cent of its London-based staff to Spain in a standoff over tax and bonuses. It's believed that the Wall Street investment bank... has fired a warning shot across the Government's bows in response to the tax measures unveiled in the pre-Budget report earlier this month.
Six accused in Mass. mortgage scam 22 Dec 2009 Three real estate investors, two mortgage brokers and a former attorney were indicted in an alleged mortgage fraud scheme involving $12.5 million in loans and at least 26 distressed properties in the Boston area, the state attorney general's office said today. In indictments returned by a Suffolk County grand jury, the six defendants face multiple counts of larceny and other charges related to a scheme that prosecutors allege gained them about $2 million in profits.
Ex-RNC chiefs rip Steele speaking fees --Party chairman pimping himself at $8,000 to $20,000 a pop 22 Dec 2009 Michael S. Steele, Republican National Committee chairman, is using his title to market himself for paid appearances nationwide, personally profiting from speeches with fees of up to $20,000 at colleges, trade associations and other groups - an unusual practice criticized by a string of past party chairmen. Mr. Steele, elected in January to the $223,500-a-year RNC post, is working with at least four outside agencies in Washington, New York, Boston and Nashville, Tenn., that book the speaking engagements. He charges between $8,000 and $20,000 for an address, plus first-class travel and lodging expenses.
Ala. Dem defects to GOP over health care, policy 22 Dec 2009 A U.S. House Democrat who opposes the health care overhaul announced Tuesday he is defecting to the GOP, another blow to Democrats ahead of the midterm elections. U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith spoke to reporters at his home in northern Alabama, a region that relies heavily on defense and aerospace jobs. Previous lead stories: US forces mounted secret Pakistan raids --Former Nato officer reveals secret night operations in border region which America kept quiet 21 Dec 2009 American special forces have conducted multiple clandestine raids into Pakistan's tribal areas as part of a secret war in the border region where Washington is pressing to expand its drone assassination programme. A former Nato officer said the incursions, only one of which has been previously reported, occurred between 2003 and 2008, involved helicopter-borne elite soldiers stealing across the border at night, and were never declared to the Pakistani government. "The Pakistanis were kept entirely in the dark about it. It was one of those things we wouldn't confirm officially with them," said the source, who had detailed knowledge of the operations. Such operations are a matter of sensitivity in Pakistan. Mullen worried Yemen becoming terrorist 'haven' --Adm. refused to discuss whether US played active role in recent operation 20 Dec 2009 Adm. Mike Mullen is applauding a military strike in Yemen against
'You were tied to a chair and they would tip you over on your back, put a towel over your face and pour water over you.' British Army 'waterboarded' suspects in 70s --Evidence casts doubt on guilt of man sentenced to hang for killing soldier 21 Dec 2009 Evidence that the British army subjected prisoners in Northern Ireland to waterboarding during interrogations in the 1970s is emerging after one of the alleged victims launched an appeal against his conviction for murder. ...The jury did not believe Liam Holden's insistence that he made the confession only because he had been held down by members of the Parachute Regiment, whom he says placed a towel over his face before pouring water from a bucket over his nose and mouth, giving him the impression that he was drowning. But now the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has referred Holden's case to the court of appeal in Belfast after unearthing new evidence, and because of doubts about "the admissibility and reliability" of his confession. World 'failed Gaza over Israeli blockade' - aid groups 22 Dec 2009 Aid agencies have strongly criticised the international community for failing to help bring an end to Israel's blockade of Gaza. The charities made the accusation in a report published just ahead of the anniversary of Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip. The aid agencies condemn not just Israel, but the world community. |
First case of swine flu in a dog confirmed
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The following alien encounter was reported to have occurred on 20 August 2009 at Unicoi State Park, Georgia in the United States. A husband and wife had gone camping on Saturday and on Sunday 4: 00 am in the morning when the wife woke up to go to the restroom. (There was a building near the campsite that provided restroom and shower facilities.) It was pitch black outside, except for the light from her lantern and the lights from the building.
After she started to leave to walk back to her tent, she stopped because she felt there was someone behind her. She turned around and saw three gray alien figures standing there.
At first she thought there were other campers, but when one of them turned and looked at her, she realized they were not human. For one thing, the arms were too long and the bodies were too thin. Their skin had a pale glossy look, and they had a very large cranium and lumps all over the top of the scalp.
They had huge black eyes that seemed to pierce right through her. She stands about 5’3” tall, and they looked to have been about one or two inches shorter than her. Then one that saw her started to inch toward her, but she bolted back to her tent. When her husband asked her what was wrong, all she could say was, “There’s (expletive) aliens back there!”
When he finally calmed her down enough, he had her stay in the tent while he went to go see what it was. He found nothing. Later that night, they kept waking up off and on; her husband said he saw a shadowy figure move outside. He didn’t hear any footsteps. He looked up and saw the top cover of the tent move, as if someone pulled it aside to look in at them from above.
Source: http://mufoncms.com
Aliens more likely to live on moons than planets
Habitable conditions in far-flung star systems may be more commonly found on moons in orbit around planets than on the planets themselves.
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Protection sought for mountain lions
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A deer hunter’s shooting of a mountain lion last week in Iowa County has inspired an effort to secure legislative protection of the cats.
Catherine Oehl of Amana, Iowa, said she wants Iowans to ask state legislators to extend legal protection to mountain lions.
Oehl said the mountain lion shot Dec. 14 near Marengo “was not bothering or threatening anyone, and it should have been left alone so others could have had an opportunity to see it.”
Large animals in Iowa such as mountain lions and black bears stir strong emotions from both sides, said Department of Natural Resources Director Rich Leopold.
“This is an issue where the people of Iowa, through their elected officials, need to make their voices heard,” he said.
State furbearer specialist Ron Andrews said he has received many phone calls and e-mails since the shooting of the 125-pound male mountain lion.
“I would say at least two-thirds of them want some sort of legal protection for mountain lions,” he said.
Cedar Rapids deer hunter Raymond Goebel Jr. said he shot the mountain lion about 45 minutes after first spotting it reclining on a horizontal tree branch.
Goebel, 47, said he waited to shoot it until he had confirmed that doing so was legal and that the landowner did not object.
Longtime hunter Rich Patterson, director of the Indian Creek Nature Center in Cedar Rapids, said the shooting of a nonthreatening animal, “with no semblance of fair chase,” gives hunters a bad image.
Patterson said he, too, has received many phone calls and e-mails, “all from people very frustrated that he shot it.”
Leopold said Iowa code does not recognize mountain lions and black bears — extirpated native species that have recently begun reappearing in Iowa — so there is no law against killing them in the wild.
In 2001, the Department of Natural Resources asked the Legislature to classify mountain lions and black bears as furbearers, which would have given the DNR management authority and protected the animals from indiscriminate killing. The measure passed the House but died in the Senate.
Andrews acknowledged that many Iowans with children, pets or livestock would not consider the killing of a mountain lion indiscriminate and said that the furbearer status would allow people “the flexibility to take care of a problem.”
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-sci-oak23-2009dec23,0,2005264.story
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